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ਜਪੁ | Jup
ਸੋ ਦਰੁ | So Dar
ਸੋਹਿਲਾ | Sohilaa
ਰਾਗੁ ਸਿਰੀਰਾਗੁ | Raag Siree-Raag
Gurbani (14-53)
Ashtpadiyan (53-71)
Gurbani (71-74)
Pahre (74-78)
Chhant (78-81)
Vanjara (81-82)
Vaar Siri Raag (83-91)
Bhagat Bani (91-93)
ਰਾਗੁ ਮਾਝ | Raag Maajh
Gurbani (94-109)
Ashtpadi (109)
Ashtpadiyan (110-129)
Ashtpadi (129-130)
Ashtpadiyan (130-133)
Bara Maha (133-136)
Din Raen (136-137)
Vaar Maajh Ki (137-150)
ਰਾਗੁ ਗਉੜੀ | Raag Gauree
Gurbani (151-185)
Quartets/Couplets (185-220)
Ashtpadiyan (220-234)
Karhalei (234-235)
Ashtpadiyan (235-242)
Chhant (242-249)
Baavan Akhari (250-262)
Sukhmani (262-296)
Thittee (296-300)
Gauree kii Vaar (300-323)
Gurbani (323-330)
Ashtpadiyan (330-340)
Baavan Akhari (340-343)
Thintteen (343-344)
Vaar Kabir (344-345)
Bhagat Bani (345-346)
ਰਾਗੁ ਆਸਾ | Raag Aasaa
Gurbani (347-348)
Chaupaday (348-364)
Panchpadde (364-365)
Kaafee (365-409)
Aasaavaree (409-411)
Ashtpadiyan (411-432)
Patee (432-435)
Chhant (435-462)
Vaar Aasaa (462-475)
Bhagat Bani (475-488)
ਰਾਗੁ ਗੂਜਰੀ | Raag Goojaree
Gurbani (489-503)
Ashtpadiyan (503-508)
Vaar Gujari (508-517)
Vaar Gujari (517-526)
ਰਾਗੁ ਦੇਵਗੰਧਾਰੀ | Raag Dayv-Gandhaaree
Gurbani (527-536)
ਰਾਗੁ ਬਿਹਾਗੜਾ | Raag Bihaagraa
Gurbani (537-556)
Chhant (538-548)
Vaar Bihaagraa (548-556)
ਰਾਗੁ ਵਡਹੰਸ | Raag Wadhans
Gurbani (557-564)
Ashtpadiyan (564-565)
Chhant (565-575)
Ghoriaan (575-578)
Alaahaniiaa (578-582)
Vaar Wadhans (582-594)
ਰਾਗੁ ਸੋਰਠਿ | Raag Sorath
Gurbani (595-634)
Asatpadhiya (634-642)
Vaar Sorath (642-659)
ਰਾਗੁ ਧਨਾਸਰੀ | Raag Dhanasaree
Gurbani (660-685)
Astpadhiya (685-687)
Chhant (687-691)
Bhagat Bani (691-695)
ਰਾਗੁ ਜੈਤਸਰੀ | Raag Jaitsree
Gurbani (696-703)
Chhant (703-705)
Vaar Jaitsaree (705-710)
Bhagat Bani (710)
ਰਾਗੁ ਟੋਡੀ | Raag Todee
ਰਾਗੁ ਬੈਰਾੜੀ | Raag Bairaaree
ਰਾਗੁ ਤਿਲੰਗ | Raag Tilang
Gurbani (721-727)
Bhagat Bani (727)
ਰਾਗੁ ਸੂਹੀ | Raag Suhi
Gurbani (728-750)
Ashtpadiyan (750-761)
Kaafee (761-762)
Suchajee (762)
Gunvantee (763)
Chhant (763-785)
Vaar Soohee (785-792)
Bhagat Bani (792-794)
ਰਾਗੁ ਬਿਲਾਵਲੁ | Raag Bilaaval
Gurbani (795-831)
Ashtpadiyan (831-838)
Thitteen (838-840)
Vaar Sat (841-843)
Chhant (843-848)
Vaar Bilaaval (849-855)
Bhagat Bani (855-858)
ਰਾਗੁ ਗੋਂਡ | Raag Gond
Gurbani (859-869)
Ashtpadiyan (869)
Bhagat Bani (870-875)
ਰਾਗੁ ਰਾਮਕਲੀ | Raag Ramkalee
Ashtpadiyan (902-916)
Gurbani (876-902)
Anand (917-922)
Sadd (923-924)
Chhant (924-929)
Dakhnee (929-938)
Sidh Gosat (938-946)
Vaar Ramkalee (947-968)
ਰਾਗੁ ਨਟ ਨਾਰਾਇਨ | Raag Nat Narayan
Gurbani (975-980)
Ashtpadiyan (980-983)
ਰਾਗੁ ਮਾਲੀ ਗਉੜਾ | Raag Maalee Gauraa
Gurbani (984-988)
Bhagat Bani (988)
ਰਾਗੁ ਮਾਰੂ | Raag Maaroo
Gurbani (889-1008)
Ashtpadiyan (1008-1014)
Kaafee (1014-1016)
Ashtpadiyan (1016-1019)
Anjulian (1019-1020)
Solhe (1020-1033)
Dakhni (1033-1043)
ਰਾਗੁ ਤੁਖਾਰੀ | Raag Tukhaari
Bara Maha (1107-1110)
Chhant (1110-1117)
ਰਾਗੁ ਕੇਦਾਰਾ | Raag Kedara
Gurbani (1118-1123)
Bhagat Bani (1123-1124)
ਰਾਗੁ ਭੈਰਉ | Raag Bhairo
Gurbani (1125-1152)
Partaal (1153)
Ashtpadiyan (1153-1167)
ਰਾਗੁ ਬਸੰਤੁ | Raag Basant
Gurbani (1168-1187)
Ashtpadiyan (1187-1193)
Vaar Basant (1193-1196)
ਰਾਗੁ ਸਾਰਗ | Raag Saarag
Gurbani (1197-1200)
Partaal (1200-1231)
Ashtpadiyan (1232-1236)
Chhant (1236-1237)
Vaar Saarang (1237-1253)
ਰਾਗੁ ਮਲਾਰ | Raag Malaar
Gurbani (1254-1293)
Partaal (1265-1273)
Ashtpadiyan (1273-1278)
Chhant (1278)
Vaar Malaar (1278-91)
Bhagat Bani (1292-93)
ਰਾਗੁ ਕਾਨੜਾ | Raag Kaanraa
Gurbani (1294-96)
Partaal (1296-1318)
Ashtpadiyan (1308-1312)
Chhant (1312)
Vaar Kaanraa
Bhagat Bani (1318)
ਰਾਗੁ ਕਲਿਆਨ | Raag Kalyaan
Gurbani (1319-23)
Ashtpadiyan (1323-26)
ਰਾਗੁ ਪ੍ਰਭਾਤੀ | Raag Prabhaatee
Gurbani (1327-1341)
Ashtpadiyan (1342-51)
ਰਾਗੁ ਜੈਜਾਵੰਤੀ | Raag Jaijaiwanti
Gurbani (1352-53)
Salok | Gatha | Phunahe | Chaubole | Swayiye
Sehskritee Mahala 1
Sehskritee Mahala 5
Gaathaa Mahala 5
Phunhay Mahala 5
Chaubolae Mahala 5
Shaloks Bhagat Kabir
Shaloks Sheikh Farid
Swaiyyae Mahala 5
Swaiyyae in Praise of Gurus
Shaloks in Addition To Vaars
Shalok Ninth Mehl
Mundavanee Mehl 5
ਰਾਗ ਮਾਲਾ, Raag Maalaa
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<blockquote data-quote="spnadmin" data-source="post: 142603" data-attributes="member: 35"><p>Christchurch quake was aftershock of 2010 tremor, scientists say</p><p></p><p>Last September's New Zealand earthquake was more energetic but caused less damage</p><p></p><p></p><p>The earthquake that brought death and destruction to Christchurch on Tuesday was almost certainly an aftershock of a larger tremor that rocked New Zealand on 3 September last year.</p><p></p><p>But while last year's earthquake was more energetic, it struck in the early hours of the morning, some 48km outside the city. The tremor that hit on Tuesday was more devastating for several reasons: it was shallower, much closer to Christchurch and arrived in the middle of local lunchtime at 12.51pm.</p><p></p><p>Earthquakes are not rare in New Zealand. The islands are shaken by noticeable tremors on average twice every three days. Seismologists at the US Geological Survey have recorded at least six earthquakes of magnitude five or more since September's magnitude 7 incident.</p><p></p><p>Tuesday's earthquake was recorded at magnitude 6.3, or roughly 11 times weaker, but it was enough to raze buildings already damaged by the previous earthquake and later aftershocks.</p><p></p><p>The earthquake was blamed for breaking a 30m-tonne chunk of ice off the Tasman glacier in Aoraki Mount Cook national park in the centre of the south island. The iceberg produced giant waves in the park's terminal lake for half an hour. More aftershocks may yet arrive.</p><p></p><p>David Rothery at the Open University's volcano dynamics group, said: "The magnitude 6.3 earthquake was a very large aftershock following the 3 September magnitude 7.0 earthquake. Its focus was at a very shallow depth of about 5km, which doubtless contributed to the severity of the ground shaking that witnesses in Christchurch describe as more severe than in September. The rupture was also much closer to the city, and this too made it worse. Other, hopefully smaller, aftershocks are to be expected. These will be a hazard to people trapped in damaged and weakened buildings and their rescuers."</p><p></p><p>New Zealand has some of the most stringent building regulations, but early reports from government scientists in the country indicate that the levels of shaking in and around Christchurch were greater than buildings are typically built to withstand.</p><p></p><p>New Zealand is in a region of extraordinary geological activity called the Ring of Fire, which stretches from Indonesia to the coast of Chile. For every 10 earthquakes on the planet, nine are in this region. New Zealand itself straddles the boundary between the Pacific and Australasian tectonic plates, which slowly grind into one another.</p><p></p><p>On the south island, where Tuesday's earthquake struck, the Pacific and Australasian plates slip past each other horizontally, producing the enormous Alpine fault that runs down the western flank of the island. The tremors may have occurred on "blind faults", which have been inactive for so long, there are no records of their existence.</p><p></p><p>Dougal Jerram at Durham University said: "Christchurch sits on what is historically a tectonically active area where the Alpine fault runs right across New Zealand's South Island. Associated with this are many fault segments. What seems to have happened is that the pressure has built up on a particular fault segment with the epicentre much closer to the city itself.</p><p></p><p>"This earthquake has also been particularly shallow, so despite measuring slightly less than the previous major earthquake in Christchurch ... more of the earthquake's energy makes it to the surface causing far greater destruction, than if the quake was deeper underground."</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/feb/22/christchurch-earthquake-aftershock-2010-tremor" target="_blank">http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/feb/22/christchurch-earthquake-aftershock-2010-tremor</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="spnadmin, post: 142603, member: 35"] Christchurch quake was aftershock of 2010 tremor, scientists say Last September's New Zealand earthquake was more energetic but caused less damage The earthquake that brought death and destruction to Christchurch on Tuesday was almost certainly an aftershock of a larger tremor that rocked New Zealand on 3 September last year. But while last year's earthquake was more energetic, it struck in the early hours of the morning, some 48km outside the city. The tremor that hit on Tuesday was more devastating for several reasons: it was shallower, much closer to Christchurch and arrived in the middle of local lunchtime at 12.51pm. Earthquakes are not rare in New Zealand. The islands are shaken by noticeable tremors on average twice every three days. Seismologists at the US Geological Survey have recorded at least six earthquakes of magnitude five or more since September's magnitude 7 incident. Tuesday's earthquake was recorded at magnitude 6.3, or roughly 11 times weaker, but it was enough to raze buildings already damaged by the previous earthquake and later aftershocks. The earthquake was blamed for breaking a 30m-tonne chunk of ice off the Tasman glacier in Aoraki Mount Cook national park in the centre of the south island. The iceberg produced giant waves in the park's terminal lake for half an hour. More aftershocks may yet arrive. David Rothery at the Open University's volcano dynamics group, said: "The magnitude 6.3 earthquake was a very large aftershock following the 3 September magnitude 7.0 earthquake. Its focus was at a very shallow depth of about 5km, which doubtless contributed to the severity of the ground shaking that witnesses in Christchurch describe as more severe than in September. The rupture was also much closer to the city, and this too made it worse. Other, hopefully smaller, aftershocks are to be expected. These will be a hazard to people trapped in damaged and weakened buildings and their rescuers." New Zealand has some of the most stringent building regulations, but early reports from government scientists in the country indicate that the levels of shaking in and around Christchurch were greater than buildings are typically built to withstand. New Zealand is in a region of extraordinary geological activity called the Ring of Fire, which stretches from Indonesia to the coast of Chile. For every 10 earthquakes on the planet, nine are in this region. New Zealand itself straddles the boundary between the Pacific and Australasian tectonic plates, which slowly grind into one another. On the south island, where Tuesday's earthquake struck, the Pacific and Australasian plates slip past each other horizontally, producing the enormous Alpine fault that runs down the western flank of the island. The tremors may have occurred on "blind faults", which have been inactive for so long, there are no records of their existence. Dougal Jerram at Durham University said: "Christchurch sits on what is historically a tectonically active area where the Alpine fault runs right across New Zealand's South Island. Associated with this are many fault segments. What seems to have happened is that the pressure has built up on a particular fault segment with the epicentre much closer to the city itself. "This earthquake has also been particularly shallow, so despite measuring slightly less than the previous major earthquake in Christchurch ... more of the earthquake's energy makes it to the surface causing far greater destruction, than if the quake was deeper underground." [url]http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/feb/22/christchurch-earthquake-aftershock-2010-tremor[/url] [/QUOTE]
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